Trustee



Mar. 6, 1923.

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P." 'MUELLER ET AL ADJUSTABLE LAVATORY COMBINATION FIXTURE Filed` Nov.

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UNET --STTE WFEQEQ PHILIP MUELLER AND ANTGN C. 'SHUERMANN, 0F vDEiZiJIUR,'ILLINOISy ASSIGNB TO ADOLPH UELLER, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, TRUSTEE.

ADJUSTABLE LAVATORY COMBINATION FIXTURE.

Application led Tioveniber 12, 1919. Serial No. 337,496.

To all lwhom it Imay concern Be it known that PHILIP MUELLER and AN'roN C. SGHUERMANN, Vcitizens of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinoi's, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Lavatory Combination Fixtures,

of which the following specification.

This invention relates to combination fixtures for lavatories and analogous devices. l 4

Combination fixtures for lavatories comprise7 generally stated, the hot and cold water connections from suitable supply pipes, delivering, in modern plumbing, through a common supply spout or'faucet, but se arately controlled; such independent contro ling devices or stop cocks t'or the hot and 'cold water; and a bowl waste, with or without a waste overtlow,lwith waste controlling means. Such fixtures are of metal and are fitted to lavat rybowls and slabs by the plumber in installing the plumbing. It has been necessary, inthe art of fitting up lavatories asnow practiced, to make fixtures and fittings for the particular bowl and slab with which they are used so as to permit proper and ready installation, and variations in styles of bowls and slabs with respect to dimensions, spacing of fixture holes, thickness oi" bowl walls, and the like, have necessitated, to a considerable extent, the making ot fixtures for each particular style or variation in bowl and slab.

The present development is intended to overcome this difficulty and provide a lavatory combination which is adaptable to bowls ot' various styles and dimensions within a wide range. This result is accomplishedby providing faucet and waste connections'and mountings which permit great flexibility in the matter of placing them,

bot-h with relation to one another and with A relation to the holes or passages through the vitreous' or other ware of which the bowls and slabs are ordinarily forme-d. As a result-of our inventiona` fixture is pro-l vided which may be adapted bythe plumber to a wide range of lavatories, and the necessity of special fittings for different installatons is largely done away with.

In the dra-wings herewith, illustrating embodiments of our invention-` y Figure 1 is a View in centralvertical section of a bowl equipped with a fixture made in accordance with our inve"i n.

Figure 2 isa View in vertu. secag` substantially theline 2.-2 oi lig. l, looiing in the direction of the arrow.

Figure 3 is a view in vertical section, on an enlarged scale, of the water supply connectiorsA and the supply spout or faucet.

Figure 4 is a bottomplan view, parts be ing in section, ot portions of the bowl, slab and fixtures. Y

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional View on substantially the line 5-5, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow, to show the sions, the usual bowl slab 11 and back slab 12 being, shown.

In the present case it is shown as of vitreous ware and as having walls ot! considerable thickness, but will be under stood that it may be varied as to material, dimensions, and design, as lthe bowl proper forms no part of our invention and the fixture devised by us may be adapted to difierent bowls.

The said bowl 10 has a waste-outletprovided with a fitting-13, and may be provided with an overow 14 leading to the waste passage below the outlet 13, ailtho gh' such overtlow may be omitted if desire-vc, and in some types of bowls, as, for example, those formed of relatively thin enamelled iron, is not present,-Without affecting the application of our novel fixture to the'bowl.`

-In the rear of the bowl slab .ll are the holes for receiving the fittings, in the present/case three in number, two of which openings,'15, are for themounting of the.

stop cooks 16 and their associated parts, and the third, 17, of which, is for the mounting of the supply spout or faucet 18 and its associated parts. These holes, in different slabs, may vary in number; their relative positions;l and may be differently spaced.

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i' "tened in any suit-aille Mounted in cach of the holes 15 are the hot and cold .stop cocks which are `similar in construction and comprise the coupling member lll. to the lower end of which is secured the mlve'rbody 20 Connecting with the supply pipe and having any suitable vali'c scat which controlled by any suitable valine. as the faire 22, which, in the present instance, is shown as of the quick compression type, rlfhe valve stem "23 extends upwardly through the coupling member l1?. which coupling is secured to the slab ll in' anysuitable manner so that the' coupling and associated parts will be supported from the slab, the valve stem terminating in an operating handle 24 and having an ornamental finishing fitting 25 about its upper end and surrounding the stuiing bor 'through which the steni passes, and those other fittings which project above the slab.

To the come; bodies 20 are secured by a slip joint connection 27, the supply pipes 28, these supply pipes being bent at their ends so as to engage by a slip joint coupling 29 in connection() these connections 3() being mounted, as have a swivfllg aotson relative to each other and relative to the shank of the supply pout lil.

The shank 'l et he supply spoilt is lfasmanner. as by the lock plate 31 and nut 32. so as to clamp the supply spout 18 firmly to the slab l1, and the swiiieling connections 3l) are clamped to each other and to the lower end of the shank 33 by a nut .fl-i engaging a tube 35. the ups per end ot which is. threaded .ir votherwise secured in the neck of the spout casing 36, as shown in Fig i. 5:?, and If desired` stay lugs 2G mayl he provided at one or more points in the titting to support the tube P against side strains.. l

lt will be seen that the swiveling conncctions lll are provided `with seats 37` wherethcy engage each other and the shank 33 of the suj'rplj. spout. these seats being packed so as to give a 'liuid tj'giht joint and being hold in fined position by the packed joint clamping nut El. heretofore referred to. this clamping nut having. preferably. a Jfriction ring 3S 'which engages a rod 59` traversing the tube and provided at its upper end with :in operating handle 40 for controlling the waste stopper il.

No claim is made in this application to the independent development relating to the control means ior the waste stopper. the` instant. case being directed to the other features of the fitting. v

lilith this arrangement it will be seen that consider-abi@ range ot adjustment is provided for to meet conditions imposed by difiiercutly designed slabs or supports. The xwiveliiig'mnnections 30 may. or' course. he

est known in Fig. 2, so as to swung to various angles so as to be adjusted to dilferently positioned cocks, for if the valve openings in the slab be .nearer to or farther from the central opening for the supply spout, these connections 3l) will be adjusted accordingly and the slip joint supply connections :28 will accommodate themselves to the different angular portions of the swiveling connections 30. By Jfurnishing these slip joint supply connections 28 of maximum length. the plumber installing the fixtures can take care of maximum spread or distance apart ot' the cockreceiving openings in the slab or supportand he can also take care of Cock openings in the support which are closer together, by swinging the arms 30 toward or from each other. If a close adjustment is neceessary, the straight end of the supply conneetion 28 may be cut to the proper length and such sup ly connection be vbrought, very readily to t a. close coupled or assembled set of fittings, thus giving great iexiloilityV in the matter of installing these fixtures. 'Furthermore, the slip-joint union of the upturned end of the connection 28 admits `oi" a considerable adjustment vverticalliY ot' the parts to meet varying conditions.

The operating rod 39 for the waste stopper il is threaded at its lower end, preferably in the manner shown in Fig. l, into an L-shaped member 'l2the other arm of which carries a pin 40 adjustably mounted therein. which engages a verticatlydisposed lifter rod 43 passing through a smiling-box 4A- into the waste stopper casing '45, the lower end of the lifter rod 43 passing through an aperture in a guiding lug 46 on the wastecasing to steady and guide its movements. Adjustably mounted on, the lifter rod 43 is a fork 47, which straddles the lower end of the waste stopper lll.. The stopper 4l, at 'its lower end, is grooved at 48 and flattened on opposite sides 49, as shown in Fig. 5, so as to permit disengagement of the parts by turning the waste stopper until the flattened portions 49 register with the fork 47. where upon the waste stopper may be Withdrawn. In order that the waste stopper 'l\l may be locked in place against accidental removal, it is preferably slotted at [50, as shown in Fig. l, which slot is en. gaged by a screw 5l threaded in the wall of the casing 45, the slot being .of suflicient length to permit the stopper to be raised and lowered through the lifting devices just described.

In order that this waste operating assembly" just described may be fitted to basins of different thickness, the casing 45 is threaded at its upper end to the Waste outlet pipe 13, which is threaded throughout the greater part of its length, there being a suitably packed joint between the top of the casing and the bottom of the bowl, as

shown in Fig. 1. To adapt the device to bowls of different thicknesses, the'casing 45 and the waste outlet 13 ywill simply be screwed together to meet the particular dimensions of the bowl, and the lifter rod 43, its fork 47 and the operating connections with the lifter. rod 39 will be adjusted to meet these different conditions. By this construction, the waste fitting can be adapted to a great variety vof bowls of different thicknesses, and bowls in which the waste outlet is differently positioned with respect to the Afaucet or spout holes in the slab, for. it will be seen that the pin is adjustably mounted in the L-shaped member 39 so that it may be elongated or shortened to take care of different spacings of the hole for the waste in the bowl and the hole for the supi ply spout in the slab.

In that form of the invention disclosed in Fig. 7, the construction is generally, the same as that heretofore described. The hot and cold water cocks 52 are arranged similarly to that construct-ion heretofbre described, and the supply spout 53 and the waste 54 and waste connections are all ,identical with the form just discussed. j Intitl :stead of providing the two swiveling elbows, however, as in the forms heretofore set forth. we have provided a double arm swiveling connection 55, as shown, :which 'is coupled to the shank of the supply spout 53 in a similar manner tothat in which` the independently swiveling elbow connections are connected, namely,'by pack joints as shown, and by the coupling 5() threaded to the lower rnd ot the tube 57, which traverses the supply spout. The supply connection 58 will couple this double arm elbow with the cock bodies on either side in exactly the same manner as that heretofore disclosed.

With this construction itwill be observed that while the elbows are not independently adjustable angular-ly. the whole coupling can be turned angularly' about the faucet shank so that the ends of the elbow coupling 55 can be variously positioned to take care of differences in the spacing of the members of the combination as great flexibility is provided by this form which permits the swinging or angular adjustment ot the double arm elbow axially about thc supply spout.

iVbile we have shown a specific embodiment of our invention. it will be understood that this is merely illustrative and in no sense restrictive, Jf'or the construction may be varied as to mechanical details wit-hout de-V parting from the spirit of our invention.

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1. The combination. in a fitting oi the class `descrilv cd, 'ot a supply spout, supply cocks in fixed relation to said spout. independently swivelled supply elbows fitted to said s out shank and to each other for angular a justment, means for holding said elbows in adjusted position, and adjustable connections .between said cocks and said elbows.

2. The combination, in a fitting of the class described, of a supply spout, supply cocks in fixed relation to said spout, independent supply elbows fitted to and angularly adjustable with respect to said spout and each other, means for holding said elbows in adjusted position, and substantially L-shaped supply connections between said spout and cocks and vertically and horizontally, adj ust-able relative thereto.

3. The combination, in a fitting of the class described, of a supply spout, a plurality of supply elbows fitted to the lower end of said spout and to each other and angularly adjustable relative to said spout a-ndto each other, a coupling member connected at its upper end to said spout and traversing said spout and elbows, and means at the lower end of said coupling member to clamp said elbows and spout in any desired pos1- tion of adjustment.

4. A swiveling supply connection for fittings ot' the class described, comprising a body portion having a waterway therethrough, an annular seat in the end of said body portion surrounding said waterway,

and laterally disposed branch connections extending from the body portion, said connections being independently swivelled to said body.

5. A swiveling supply connection for fittings of the class described, comprising a body portion having a waterway therethrough, annular swiveling seats in the ends of said body: portion surrounding said waterway, and laterally disposed branch connections extending from the body portion, said connection being independently swivelled to said body and in communication with the waterway therethrough.

6. In a fitting of the class described, the' combination of a supply spout having 'a basin outlet and a shank, a plurality of independent supply elbows swiveled to the lower end of the spout and to each other for independent angular adjustment, a coupling vmember engaging at its upper end the body of said supply spout `and depending through said shank and supply elbows, and clamping' means secured to the lower end .of said coupling member to clamp said spout and supply elbows in any desired position of Y adjustment.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

PHILIP MUELLER. ANTON C. SCHUERMANN. 

